Atmosphere at Home Games

[cosmicway 1,333]

This has everything to do with the policy in England against the "Ultras". The same thing happens in Real Madrid and Barcelona, in all the other stadiums in Spain they have great support.

The 2 worst atmospheres in Europe are Barcelona and Madrid. And CHelsea is not far from that.

Just put 500 young fans together singing and another 2000 will do it also.

And there are teams in terms of support better than others, we can't compare Anfield to the Bridge, they are a lot better.

My first glimpse of ultras was in the mid-seventies.

Those were guys with bell trousers, the fashion of the seventies, but not from boutique shops - you could see they were shopping from uptown prams.

Some are horrendous.

Many are ok, but one time the club gave me ticket among ultras - by mistake.

Those characters threw the entire row of seats onto the pitch and they were threatening to eat the ears (!) of decent supporters nearby who did not like them destroying the seats. We were of course all with the same team. The opponent's ultras were right across, on the other side. So if I was on the other side as well, it was going to be my ghost writing here.

Those characters should be taken to the army for nine months every time and live with bears in the mountains.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

For sure Jose will be asked about it tomorrow. And as Fulham Broadway already mentioned earlier, yes Jose might praise the away fans as one of the best this time.

Also I could partly blame Rio and Barton absent, if at least one of them playing, the crowd will be more lively a bit, at least 'booed' more often, and Jose might never criticized about our support. Damn it those two.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho refuses to back down over criticism

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has refused to back down from his scathing attack on the club's lacklustre support.

Mourinho criticised his team for a lack of intensity after the 2-1 home win over struggling QPR, but his biggest frustration was aimed at the home fans who he claimed were far too quiet during the game.

Chelsea are riding high at the top of the table, after winning all five of their Premier League home games this season, but Mourinho is mystified as to why the atmosphere is so poor at Stamford Bridge.

"We are the team to get less support in home matches. When compared to my previous time I think it's getting worse," he said.

"I don't question the passion and the love - I'm nobody to question that and I know clearly that is not true.

"I will always love them and respect them, but I don't know (why the atmosphere is poor)."

After two games in little more than 48 hours - the 1-1 draw at Manchester United and 2-1 Capital One Cup defeat of Shrewsbury - Mourinho was relieved to negotiate a difficult week.

"The week was very strange," added the Portuguese, whose side play at Maribor in Champions League Group G on Wednesday.

"You play Manchester United on the Sunday, on the Monday you travel. Some of the players had two days off.

"Some of the others had to go to Shrewsbury immediately. Some of them in Shrewsbury played 90 minutes.

"Some had a free day the next day (Thursday) but it was a working day for the others.

"It was a very strange week to work and to be focused. We tried, but the individual performances weren't there and the collective performance was not there too.

"We have to be more consistent and to play better. In the end we deserved to win, (but) the result could've been more than such a narrow result.

"It's important to win when you don't play so well as normal."

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

I am never been to Stamford Bridge at matchday, but actually what is the problem to sing while sitting, if standing is prohibited?

I used to celebrate and punch the air while laying on the bed at home while watching Chelsea playing.

I mean it is not an excuse to not singing, because you are not allowed to standing.

[cosmicway 1,333]

I am never been to Stamford Bridge at matchday, but actually what is the problem to sing while sitting, if standing is prohibited?

I used to celebrate and punch the air while laying on the bed at home while watching Chelsea playing.

I mean it is not an excuse to not singing, because you are not allowed to standing.

It's true what he says about ultras, bar some unexpected behaviours from them.

They make the atmosphere.

I 've been on occasions where the entire stadium was cheering non stop though. Against Barcelona was one match.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

It's true what he says about ultras, bar some unexpected behaviours from them.

They make the atmosphere.

I 've been on occasions where the entire stadium was cheering non stop though. Against Barcelone was one match.

I understand it must have something to do with adrenaline between standing and sitting, but you still allowed to make a hand gesture sometimes, right?

I don't know if that will still disturb some behind you who taking pictures, but I think that must be not a problem most of the times.

I don't see any much different cheering while sitting and cheering while standing. The atmosphere would still be there imo.

Jose not criticizing our fans to not jumping or dancing, but the noise and support. If you who never sing or cheering all this time, starting to do it next time. If you have sung and cheering all this time, do it louder even more next time.

[Madmax 9,219]

Why are away fans allowed to stand and the home fans not?

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Also I want to push player involvement in this case too, I have seen a player at other leagues did it, would love to see our player once or two trying to lift up the crowd at the match, if it feels too quiet.

[cosmicway 1,333]

We used to fire flares, but now it is a little illegal.

In some grounds they have secret crypts for flares but the police don't search.

During the 1968 AEK basket ball european championship campaign, we lit the Panathinaikon stadium & it was perfectly ok to do that then. I had a replica pistol that could fire flares. I still have it but it's gone rusty. The ones we scared most were the Italians of Ignis Vareze. I think it became illegal two years later because there were fuzz around and they told us "don't let us see again any of those replica guns".

[Tomo 21,751]

This has everything to do with the policy in England against the "Ultras". The same thing happens in Real Madrid and Barcelona, in all the other stadiums in Spain they have great support.

The 2 worst atmospheres in Europe are Barcelona and Madrid. And CHelsea is not far from that.

Just put 500 young fans together singing and another 2000 will do it also.

And there are teams in terms of support better than others, we can't compare Anfield to the Bridge, they are a lot better.

Are they really? In routine league games ill go as far as saying there as bad as Arsenal.

Infact when we went there last season the place was like a morgue and this was one if their biggest games for years, for all this amazing fans are going to blow goals past Schwarzer talk, they were dreadful.

People will quote there CL game vs us in 2005, every ground has its moments in CL knockout rounds, even the Emirates.

Anfield "atmosphere" is the most hyped up myth in football, 95 percent of the time that place is one of the worst for atmosphere, even that blinkered lot are slowly starting to admit it.

[Liquidator 5,176]

Why are away fans allowed to stand and the home fans not?

we ask the same question every game to which the stewards just shrug and walk off. It is probably because they can punish us long term -i.e. suspend a season ticket or membership whereas away fans can just be chucked out once

[Jdb2005 12]

Before all the turmoil and boardroom unrest Up at Ibrox we had the bf1 section which is basically a dedicated area for young fans to stand and sing for the whole game. This gets the other sections and stands bouncing. I would like to see something like that at the bridge.

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

we ask the same question every game to which the stewards just shrug and walk off. It is probably because they can punish us long term -i.e. suspend a season ticket or membership whereas away fans can just be chucked out once

Villa fan said to me at their place ''youre only so noisy because youre all stood up''. Its the same with all away fans , most stand up. Though if you go to a League 1 and below, as I am sure youre aware, or even in the Championship a large proportion of the Home fans are always standing.

It all changed after Hillsboro and the Taylor report, but Mourinho has a point, it does need to be addressed

[mediator 2,026]

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[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

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Reducing the price of tickets so that the excluded can return is paramount - and the ludicrous policy of targeting people who stand at games has to be ended and the only way to do it in this day and age is to have the safe standing.